{"id":161001,"date":"2018-04-21T22:31:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=161001"},"modified":"2018-04-21T22:31:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T02:31:07","slug":"jobstreet-poll-a-chance-to-check-employability-of-shs-grads-deped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/21\/jobstreet-poll-a-chance-to-check-employability-of-shs-grads-deped\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobstreet poll a chance to check employability of SHS grads: DepEd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An official of the Department of Education (DepED) sees the survey conducted by recruitment site, Jobstreet Philippines, as a positive source for checking the employability of K to 12 or Senior High School (SHS) graduates. (Photo<\/a>: DepEd Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— An official of the Department of Education (DepED) sees the survey conducted by recruitment site, Jobstreet Philippines, as a positive source for checking the employability of K to 12 or Senior High School (SHS) graduates.<\/p>\n

DepEd Undersecretary Jesus Mateo, in a statement Friday, said the poll is a “welcome opportunity for DepEd to have a baseline data on the employers’ willingness to hire K to 12 graduates.”<\/p>\n

Early this week, Jobstreet Philippines released a report showing 24 percent of employers in the country are willing to hire K to 12 or SHS graduates.<\/p>\n

“(The) 24 percent is about two in 10 of company employees, a good enough percentage to take in K to 12 grads in entry level positions doing administrative and support work to technical, supervisory and managerial levels,” it said.<\/p>\n

Companies willing to hire K to 12 graduates include business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, manufacturing, professional services, retail, and machinery and equipment.<\/p>\n

According to Jobstreet’s report, 35 percent of employers who participated in the survey said they are not yet ready to hire K to 12 completers, while 41 percent said they are looking into hiring the completers but have not yet set a definite timeline.<\/p>\n

“It is a challenge at the same time for K to 12 grads to develop their skills and be the company’s engine to growth, coupled with the right attitude they will surely succeed in the labor market,” Mateo said.<\/p>\n

DepEd, in a press briefing earlier, said that the department is expecting more than 1.2 million K to 12 learners to graduate by April.<\/p>\n

Some 61.13 percent or 765,588 of them took the academic track and will pursue college, while 38.32 percent or 479,866 completed the technical-vocational studies and will most likely seek employment right away.<\/p>\n

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